Rollo Gabriel Silver (June 27, 1909September 20, 1989) was an American literary historian. Silver was born on June 27, 1909, in New York City, to Anna (Newman) and Stanley Gabriel Silver. He attended

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, graduating in 1931. He then received a master's in English from

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in 1941 and a bachelor's in

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from Simmons College (now

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) in 1948. Silver was a librarian at a place called the Peabody Institute in Boston (not to be confused with other Peabody Institutes) from 1948 to 1950, after which he taught at Simmons. With his wife Alice Gindin, whom he married on June 9, 1933, Silver compiled a set of manuscripts and other works related to

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

. Silver died on September 20, 1989.

Publications

* ''Typefounding in America, 1787–1825'' (

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, 1965) * ''The American Printer, 1787–1825'' (University of Virginia Press, 1967) * ''Publishing in Boston, 1726–57: The Accounts of Daniel Henchman'' (pamphlet, University of Virginia Press, 1976)

References

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